Ben Caldwell Prather Papers 1781-1973

Bowie, James, d. 1836

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The son of Reason (or Rezin) and Elve Bowie, James (Jim) Bowie (1796?-1836) moved around the southern United States in his early life, finally settling on a plantation near Opelousas, Louisiana, in around 1809. During the War of 1812, James and his brother Rezin Pleasant Bowie enlisted in the Second Division, Consolidated, of the U.S. Army. After the war, the brothers bought slaves from Jean Laffite and traded them in St. Landry Parish, until raising $65,0000, which James and Rezin ...

Prather, Ben Caldwell, ca. 1902-1972

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Born in Palestine, Texas, ca. 1902-1972, Ben Caldwell Prather was distantly related to James Bowie, an amateur historian, and gun collector. Prather wrote extensively about Bowie and his family and owned a restaurant and the Bowie Knife Museum in Alexandria, Louisiana. From the guide to the Ben Caldwell Prather Papers 73-112., 1781-1973, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin) ...

Prather, Bed Caldwell

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Bowie family

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Prather family

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